Marta (footballer)

Marta

Marta with the Gold Pride in September 2010
Personal information
Full name	Marta Vieira da Silva
Date of birth	19 February 1986
Place of birth	Dois Riachos, Alagoas, Brazil
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current team	FC Rosengård
Number	10
Youth career
1999	Centro Sportivo Alagoano
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2000–2002	Vasco da Gama	16	(4)
2002–2004	Santa Cruz	38	(16)
2004–2008	Umeå IK	103	(111)
2009	Los Angeles Sol	19	(10)
2009–2010	→ Santos (loan)	14	(26)
2010	FC Gold Pride	24	(19)
2011	Santos	12	(13)
2011	Western New York Flash	14	(10)
2012–2014	Tyresö FF	35	(24)
2014–	FC Rosengård	16	(10)
National team^‡
2002–	Brazil	101[2]	(100)
Honours Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team 2008 Beijing Team Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo Team 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 June 2015. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:55, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Marta Vieira da Silva (born 19 February 1986), commonly known as Marta, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for FC Rosengård in the Swedish Damallsvenskan and the Brazil national team as a forward. With 15 goals, she holds the record for most goals scored at FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments, surpassing Birgit Prinz's previous record of 14 with a goal against South Korea in Brazil's first match of the 2015 edition in Canada.

Marta is regarded as the best female player of all time, coveting the nickname Pele with skirts by Pele himself.^[3][4][5] She was named FIFA World Player of the Year five consecutive times between 2006 and 2010. She was a member of the Brazilian national teams that won the silver medal at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. She was also awarded the Golden Ball (MVP) at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, and won both the Golden Ball award as the best player and the Golden Boot award as the top scorer in the 2007 Women's World Cup.

In January 2013 she was named as one of the six Ambassadors of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, alongside Amarildo, Bebeto, Carlos Alberto Torres, Ronaldo and Mario Zagallo.^[6] She also appeared in the Sveriges Television television documentary series The Other Sport from 2013.

Club career

Vasco da Gama

Marta was discovered by well-known Brazilian female coach, Helena Pacheco, when she was just 14 years old. Marta went on to play and live at the training facilities of the prestigious Rio de Janeiro football club, Vasco da Gama, for two years until the club ceased operation of its women's professional team in 2001. In 2002 she played for a small club in Minas Gerais which folded at the end of the season.

Umeå IK

Marta joined Umeå IK prior to the 2004 season during which Umeå reached the final of the UEFA Cup, winning 8–0 on aggregate against Frankfurt with Marta scoring three goals over the two-legs. In the league, despite amassing a total of 106 goals, which was 32 more than the Champions, Umeå finished second, beaten by a single point by Djurgården. Marta scored 22 league goals, and also got on the scoresheet at the cup final against Djurgården, scoring the only goal in a 2–1 Umeå loss.

Her second season (2005) ended with Marta scoring 21 goals and with Umeå winning the league, having gone undefeated. Once again, Umeå were beaten by Djurgården in the cup losing by a score of 3–1 in the final; thus revenging a 7–0 league defeat to Umeå some three weeks earlier.

In 2006, Umeå once again won the league without losing, and Marta, as in the previous year, was the league's top scorer with 21 goals. Umeå cruised to an 11–1 aggregate win over Norwegian side Kolbotn FK in the UEFA Women's Cup, with Marta scoring twice in both matches. For the third time in a row, she was on the losing side in the Swedish cup final when her side were defeated 3–2 by Linköpings FC.

Marta in the 2009 WPS All-Stars match against Umeå IK.

The 2007 season was a relatively successful for Umeå with the club winning both the league, in which they finished nine points ahead of Djurgården,^[7] and the Swedish Cup, beating AIK 4–3 in a match in which Marta scored a hat-trick, the last (winning) goal coming three minutes from time. Marta scored 25 goals in the league finishing one goal behind the top scorer Lotta Schelin.^[8] In the UEFA Women's Cup they reached the final for the fourth time but suffered a disappointment, losing 1–0 on aggregate to Arsenal.

The 2008 season saw Umeå and Marta win another Swedish championship title. After the end of the season, speculation arose concerning the future of Marta and a couple of months later, on the day of the FIFA World Player of the Year Awards in January 2009, Marta announced that she would play for the American side Los Angeles Sol for the next three years.^[9] At the request of Marta, the Los Angeles side also purchased Johanna Frisk from Umeå IK,^[10] which led to a report by Swedish TV4 sports presenter Patrick Ekwall that Marta and Frisk were a lesbian couple.^[11] Both players denied this to be true.^[12]

Marta's life and football prowess was depicted in the 2005 Swedish Television documentary "Marta – Pelés kusin" ("Marta – Pelé's cousin").

Los Angeles Sol

On the day she was named FIFA World Player of the Year in January 2009, Marta announced that she would be joining Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) team Los Angeles Sol for the league's inaugural season on a three-year contract.^[13][14] Of her signing, she said, "For me the most important thing is to be in a place where the best players in the world are playing and this is what they are trying to do here. The American League is being considered one of the best in the world, so I had to come now."^[15]

Marta was the league's top scorer for the 2009 season with ten goals and three assists.^[16] The Sol were regular season champions and reached the WPS Championship Final, where it lost 1–0 to Sky Blue FC.^[17]

Santos

During the off-season with Los Angeles Sol, she signed a three-month loan contract with Santos to play in the Copa Libertadores and in the Copa do Brasil.^[18][19] helping her club win both competitions, and scoring a goal in the Libertadores final and two in the Copa do Brasil final.^[20][21]

FC Gold Pride

Marta at 2010 WPS Championship

In January 2010, the Sol ceased operations^[22] and the rights to Marta and her teammates were made available in the 2010 WPS Dispersal Draft. The rights to Marta were acquired by the FC Gold Pride as their first pick.^[23] She appeared in all of the Pride's 24 games and scored 19 goals, earning her the WPS MVP and WPS Golden Boot for the second year in a row.

Marta also appeared in the WPS All-Star 2010, where she captained one of the teams as the top international vote-getter. She led the Gold Pride to the regular season championship and had two assists and a goal in the WPS Championship against the Philadelphia Independence, earning MVP honors.^[24] She became a free agent after the Gold Pride folded on 17 November 2010.

Return to Santos

In December 2010 Marta signed at Santos again to play in the Copa Libertadores and in the Copa do Brasil.^[25]

Western New York Flash

On 25 January 2011, Marta joined her third WPS team in three years, the expansion team Western New York Flash, who took over the third year of her contract with the Gold Pride.^[26] Marta's 2 goals and 4 assists were a key part to the 3–0–1 start for the team's 2011 season.

Western New York Flash forward Marta helped her team to the Regular Season Championship title, scoring her tenth goal of the season in a 2–0 victory over the Atlanta Beat on Sunday, en route to earning her third consecutive PUMA Golden Boot award. The Brazilian soccer star edged out fellow Flash forward Christine Sinclair, in the tie breaker having a greater production rate based on goals per game average.^[27]

Tyresö FF

Marta interviewed by Anna Brolin of TV4 in 2013

As WPS cancelled the 2012 season, Marta decided to return to Damallsvenskan in Sweden. On 22 February 2012 she signed a two-year contract with Tyresö FF.^[28] Her extraordinary salary of about $400,000^[29][30] per season was paid by external sponsors and not the club, its owners stated.^[31] Tyresö won the Damallsvenskan title for the first time in the 2012 season and Marta collected her fifth league winner's medal.^[32]

Marta scored twice in Tyresö's 4–3 defeat by Wolfsburg in the 2014 UEFA Women's Champions League Final.^[33] Tyresö had suffered a financial implosion in 2014 and withdrew from the 2014 Damallsvenskan season, expunging all their results and making all their players free agents. The Stockholm County Administrative Board published the players' salaries, showing Marta was the highest earner at SEK 168 000 per month.^[34]

As news of Tyresö's financial difficulties spread, Marta had been linked with a transfer to Avaldsnes IL. But the Norwegian Toppserien club's chairman warned that she would have to take a substantial pay cut.^[35] Paris Saint-Germain Féminines were also reported to have approached Marta and Tyresö teammate Caroline Seger.^[36]

Rosengård

In July 2014 she signed a six-month contract with defending champion FC Rosengård in Sweden.^[37] There is an option to extend the contract for another year.

Statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Los Angeles Sol	2009	20	10	-	-	-	-	20	10
Santos FC	2009	-	-	7	18	6	7	13	25
Gold Pride	2010	25	20	-	-	-	-	25	20
Santos FC	2011	-	-	-	-	4	2	4	2
Western New York Flash	2011	15	10	-	-	-	-	15	10
Tyresö FF	2012	21	12	4	4	-	-	25	16
	2013	15	12	1	1	4	1	20	14
Total		36	24	5	5	4	1	122	97

International career

On 26 July 2007, Marta and the Brazilian women's team beat the US U-20 national team to win the Pan American Games at the famous Estádio do Maracanã in front of a crowd of 68,000. She was compared, by the Brazilian fans, with Brazilian great Pelé, being called "Pelé with skirts." Even Pelé himself agreed with the comparison. Marta has stated that he called her to congratulate for the win and that she was extremely happy to hear that one of the greatest ever players followed her team's games.^[38] Afterwards the imprint of her feet was recorded in cement at the stadium, making her the first woman to be so honoured.

Marta participated in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup with Brazil who strolled through the group stage, winning all three games with Marta scoring four goals. In the quarter final Brazil won 3–2 against Australia with Marta netting from the penalty spot. In the semi-final Marta scored twice as Brazil won 4–0 against the United States—the second goal scored in spectacular fashion. In the final Brazil lost 2–0 to Germany. Marta had a penalty kick saved midway through the second half, which would have tied the match. She finished the 2007 Women's World Cup as the winner of both the 'Golden Ball' as the top individual player and the 'Golden Boot' as the competition's top scorer with seven goals.

Marta wearing the Brazil number 10

Marta also played in the 2008 Summer Olympics, earning a silver medal. After her personal duel in the final with United States goalkeeper Hope Solo, a 1–0 defeat consigned Marta to her third consecutive runners–up medal in major international tournaments.^[39]

Marta was part of the Brazil team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup where Brazil was eliminated by the United States in the quarter finals. She recorded four goals and two assists in the tournament, to move joint top of the all–time Women's World Cup goalscorer list alongside Birgit Prinz on 14.^[40] It also earned her the Silver Boot as the tournament's second leading goal scorer. From her first touch in the tournament against Australia, Marta was heavily jeered by local and opposing fans.^[41][42]

During her fourth World Cup in 2015, Marta became the all-time top scorer of the women's tournament with 15 goals once she scored the second goal in Brazil's debut against South Korea.^[43]

Matches and goals scored at World Cup and Olympic tournaments

Marta competed in four FIFA Women's World Cup: USA 2003, China 2007, Germany 2011 and Canada 2015; and three Olympics: Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012; starting and playing every minute Brazil teams played at those six global tournaments; altogether played 30 matches, and scored 22 goals.^[44] Marta with her Brazil teammates, finished second at China 2007 Women's World Cup, and won silver medals at 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympics.

International goals

The following list contains 89 goals of 101^[2] scored by Marta.

	Key (expand for notes on “international goals” and sorting)
Location	Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred Sorted by country name first, then by city name
Lineup	Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain Sorted by minutes played
#	NumberOfGoals.goalNumber scored by the player in the match (alternate notation to Goal in match)
Min	The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass	The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk	Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score	The match score after the goal was scored. Sorted by goal difference, then by goal scored by the player's team
Result	The final score. Sorted by goal difference in the match, then by goal difference in penalty-shoot-out if it is taken, followed by goal scored by the player's team in the match, then by goal scored in the penalty-shoot-out. For matches with identical final scores, match ending in extra-time without penalty-shoot-out is a tougher match, therefore precede matches that ended in regulation
aet	The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso	Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
	Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match
	Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament
	Light-orange background color – Olympic women's football qualification match
	Light-blue background color – FIFA women's world cup qualification match
	Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
	Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament
NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player

Goal	Date	Location	Opponent	#	Score	Result	Competition
1.goal 1	2003-04-25	Lima	Peru	1.1	3–0	3–0	Copa America 2003
2.goal 2	2003-04-27	Lima	Colombia	3.1	4–0	12–0	Copa America 2003
3.goal 3				3.2	7–0
4.goal 4				3.3	8–0
5.goal 5	2003-08-2	San Cristóbal	Haiti	1.1	1–0	5–0	2003 Pan American Games
6.goal 6	2003-08-8	San Cristóbal	Canada	1.1	3–0	5–0	2003 Pan American Games
7.goal 7	2003-08-11	San Cristóbal	Argentina	2.1	1–0	2–1	2003 Pan American Games
8.goal 8				2.2	2–0
9.goal 9	2003-09-21	Washington	South Korea	1.1	1–0	3–0	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
10.goal 10	2003-09-24	Washington	Norway	1.1	3–1	4–1	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
11.goal 11	2003-10-1	Foxborough	Sweden	1.1	1–1	1–2	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
12.goal 12	2004-04-24	Birmingham	United States	1.1	1–3	1–5	Friendly match
13.goal 13	2004-07-11	Thessaloniki	Australia	1.1	1–0	1–0	2004 Olympics
14.goal 14	2004-07-17	Patras	Greece	1.1	5–0	7–0	2004 Olympics
15.goal 15	2004-07-20	Heraklio	Mexico	1.1	5–0	5–0	2004 Olympics
16.goal 16	2007-07-15	Rio de Janeiro	Jamaica	1.1	4–0	5–0	2007 Pan American Games
17.goal 17	2007-07-18	Rio de Janeiro	Ecuador	4.1	5–0	10–0	2007 Pan American Games
18.goal 18				4.2	7–0
19.goal 19				4.3	9–0
20.goal 20				4.4	10–0
21.goal 21	2007-07-18	Rio de Janeiro	Canada	5.1	1–0	7–0	2007 Pan American Games
22.goal 22				5.2	3–0
23.goal 23				5.3	5–0
24.goal 24				5.4	6–0
25.goal 25				5.5	7–0
26.goal 26	2007-07-26	Rio de Janeiro	United States	2.1	1–0	5–0	2007 Pan American Games
27.goal 27				2.2	4–0
28.goal 28	2007-09-12	Wuhan	New Zealand	2.1	3–0	5–0	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
29.goal 29				2.2	5–0
30.goal 30	2007-09-15	Wuhan	China PR	2.1	1–0	4–0	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
31.goal 31				2.2	4–0
31.goal 32	2007-09-23	Tianjin	Australia	1.1	2–0	3–2	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
32.goal 33	2007-09-27	Hangzhou	United States	2.1	2–0	4–0	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
33.goal 34				2.2	4–0
34.goal 35	2008-04-19	Beijing	Ghana	1.1	1–0	5–1	Inter-continental play-off
35.goal 36	2008-09-09	Shenyang	North Korea	1.1	1–0	2–1	2008 Olympics
36.goal 37	2008-09-15	Tianjin	Norway	1.1	2–0	2–1	2008 Olympics
37.goal 38	2008-09-18	Shanghai	Germany	1.1	3–0	4–1	2008 Olympics
38.goal 39	2009-12-09	São Paulo	Chile	1.1	2–0	3–1	Torneio Internacional 2009
39.goal 40	2009-12-13	São Paulo	Mexico	1.1	1–0	3–2	Torneio Internacional 2009
40.goal 41	2009-12-16	São Paulo	China PR	2.1	1–0	3–0	Torneio Internacional 2009
41.goal 42				2.2	3–0
42.goal 43	2009-12-20	São Paulo	Mexico	3.1	2–1	5–2	Torneio Internacional 2009
43.goal 44				3.2	4–1
44.goal 45				3.3	5–2
45.goal 46	2010-10-24	Rio de Janeiro	Haiti	1.1	3–0	7–0	Friendly match
46.goal 47	2010-11-07	Loja	Uruguay	2.1	2–0	4–0	Copa America 2010
47.goal 48				2.2	4–0
48.goal 49	2010-11-11	Cuenca	Colombia	1.1	2–0	2–1	Copa America 2010
48.goal 50	2010-11-13	Cuenca	Paraguay	1.1	3–0	3–0	Copa America 2010
48.goal 51	2010-11-17	Latacunga	Argentina	1.1	3–0	4–0	Copa America 2010
51.goal 52	2010-11-19	Latacunga	Colombia	2.1	3–0	5–0	Copa America 2010
52.goal 53				2.2	5–0
53.goal 54	2010-11-21	Quito	Chile	2.1	2–0	3–1	Copa America 2010
54.goal 55				2.2	3–1
55.goal 56	2010-12-09	São Paulo	Mexico	2.1	2–0	3–0	Torneio Internacional 2010
56.goal 57				2.2	3–0
57.goal 58	2010-12-12	São Paulo	Netherlands	2.1	1–0	3–2	Torneio Internacional 2010
58.goal 59				2.2	2–2
59.goal 60	2010-12-19	São Paulo	Canada	2.1	1–1	2–2	Torneio Internacional 2010
60.goal 61				2.2	2–1
61.goal 62	2011-05-14	Maceio	Chile	1.1	2–0	3–0	Friendly match
62.goal 63	2011-07-03	Wolfsburg	Norway	2.1	1–0	3–0	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
63.goal 64				2.2	3–0
64.goal 65	2011-07-10	Dresden	United States	2.1	1–1	2–2	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
65.goal 66				2.2	2–1
66.goal 67	2011-12-08	São Paulo	Italy	1.1	4–1	5–1	Torneio Internacional 2011
67.goal 68	2012-07-25	Cardiff	Cameroon	2.1	3–0	5–0	Olympics 2012
68.goal 69				2.2	5–0
69.goal 70	2012-12-09	São Paulo	Portugal	1.1	3–0	4–0	Torneio Internacional 2012
70.goal 71	2013-12-12	Brasilia	Chile	1.1	1–0	2–0	Torneio Internacional 2013
71.goal 72	2013-12-15	Brasilia	Scotland	1.1	1–0	3–1	Torneio Internacional 2013
72.goal 73	2013-12-22	Brasilia	Chile	1.1	2–0	5–0	Torneio Internacional 2013
73.goal 74	2014-12-14	Brasilia	United States	3.1	1–2	3–2	Torneio Internacional 2014
74.goal 75				3.2	2–2
75.goal 76				3.3	3–2
77.goal 77	2015-03-06	Lagos	Sweden	1.1	2–0	2–0	2015 Algarve Cup
78.goal 78	2015-03-11	Albufeira	Switzerland	2.1	1–0	4–1	2015 Algarve Cup
79.goal 79				2.2	3–1
80.goal 80	2015-06-09	Montreal	South Korea	1.1	2–0	2–0	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
81.goal 81	2015-12-01	Cuiabá	New Zealand	1.1	4–1	5–1	Friendly game
82.goal 82	2015-12-10	Natal	Trinidad and Tobago	5.1	1–0	11–0	Torneio Internacional Natal 2015
83.goal 83				5.2	2–0
84.goal 84				5.3	3–0
85.goal 85				5.4	6–0
86.goal 86				5.5	8–0
87.goal 87	2015-12-13	Natal	Mexico	2.1	1–0	6–0	Torneio Internacional Natal 2015
88.goal 88				2.2	2–0
89.goal 89	2016-03-04	Santo António	Portugal	1.1	2–0	3–1	Algarve Cup 2016

Honours

Marta during the 2014 Match Against Poverty in Bern, Switzerland

Club

Umeå IK

• Damallsvenskan: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
• Svenska Cupen: 2007
• UEFA Women's Cup: 2003–04

Santos

• Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino: 2009
• Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino: 2009

FC Gold Pride

• WPS Championship: 2010

Western New York Flash

• WPS Championship: 2011

Tyresö FF

• Damallsvenskan: 2012

FC Rosengård

• Damallsvenskan: 2014

National team

• Pan American Games: 2003, 2007
• Sudamericano Femenino: 2003, 2010

Individual

• FIFA World Player of the Year – Winner (5): 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
• FIFA World Player of the Year – Runner-up (4): 2005, 2011, 2012, 2014
• FIFA World Player of the Year – 3rd place (2): 2004, 2013
• Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino Golden Ball (1): 2009
• Damallsvenskan Top Scorer (3): 2004, 2005, 2008^[45]
• Damallsvenskan Best Forward of the Year (2): 2007, 2008
• U-20 World Cup Golden Ball (1): 2004
• FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball (1): 2007
• FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Shoe (1): 2007
• Women's Professional Soccer MVP (2): 2009, 2010
• Women's Professional Soccer Golden Boot (3): 2009, 2010, 2011
• Women's Professional Soccer Championship MVP (1): 2010
• Sudamericano Femenino top-scorer: 2010
• Sports Illustrated Top 20 Female Athletes of the Decade (2000–2009) (#7)^[46]

Style of play

A small, quick, yet sturdy player,^[47] who is regarded by many in the sport as the greatest female footballer of all time, Marta is renowned for her flair, quick feet, and exceptional skill on the ball, which has earned her comparisons with Ronaldinho,^[48] Romário,^[49] and also Pelé, who himself dubbed her as Pele with skirts.^{[3][4][5][50]} In addition to her vision and technical skills,^[49] Marta is also known for her pace when dribbling at speed.^[51][49][52] Marta is capable of playing in several offensive positions: she began her career in an offensive midfield role as a classic number 10,^[53][54] although she was later deployed in a more advanced role,^[55] both as a supporting forward^[56] and as a main striker,^[57] or even on the wing, a position which allows her to cut into the middle and shoot on goal with her stronger left foot.^{[49][53][58][59]} Although she is primarily known for her creativity, chance creation, and ability to play off of her team-mates as an advanced playmaker,^{[49][52][60][61]} Marta is a prolific goalscorer, who is renowned for her striking ability;^[62] she is also accurate from penalties and set-pieces.^[63] In addition to her footballing abilities, Marta has also stood out for her leadership.^[64]

Personal life

Marta has three siblings, José, Valdir, and Angela. Her parents are Aldário and Tereza. As of 2010, she lives in San Jose and is a competent Swedish speaker. On 11 October 2010, Marta was named a UN goodwill ambassador.^[65] Marta is fluent in Portuguese, Swedish, and English, and religiously a Catholic and states that God is very important to her although she does not go to Church that often.^[66]

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in football

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Further reading

• Friedman, Ian C. (2007), Latino Athletes, Infobase Publishing, ISBN 1438107846
• Grainey, Timothy (2012), Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer, University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 0803240368
• Kassouf, Jeff (2011), Girls Play to Win Soccer, Norwood House Press, ISBN 1599534649
• McDougall, Chrös (2012), Soccer, ABDO, ISBN 1614785554
• Richards, Ted (2013), Soccer and Philosophy: Beautiful Thoughts on the Beautiful Game, Open Court, ISBN 0812696824
• Stevens, Dakota (2011), A Look at the Women's Professional Soccer Including the Soccer Associations, Teams, Players, Awards, and More, BiblioBazaar, ISBN 1241047464
• Velázquez de León, Mauricio (2010), 20 Soccer Superstars, The Rosen Publishing Group, ISBN 1615329471

External links

• Marta – FIFA competition record
• Marta – UEFA competition record
• Player domestic stats (Swedish) at SvFF
• Official website
• WPS profile
• Marta profile at Soccerway